{"product_id":"you-are-here-poetry-in-the-natural-world-9781571315687","title":"You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Whoever you are, you will find yourself and your own world in the expansiveness of this collection.\" -Margaret Renkl, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A lovely book to take with you to read at the end of your next hike.\" -\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished in association \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewith the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, a singular collection of poems reflecting on our relationship to the natural world by fifty of our most celebrated contemporary writers. \u003c\/b\u003eFor many years, \"nature poetry\" has evoked images of Romantic poets standing on mountain tops. But our poetic landscape has changed dramatically, and so has our planet. Edited and introduced by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Lim, this book challenges what we think we know about \"nature poetry,\" illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes--both literal and literary--are changing.\u003ci\u003eYou Are Here \u003c\/i\u003efeatures fifty previously unpublished poems from some of the nation's most accomplished poets, including Joy Harjo, Diane Seuss, Rigoberto Gonz疝ez, Jericho Brown, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Paul Tran, and more.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEach poem engages with its author's local landscape--be it the breathtaking variety of flora in a national park, or a lone tree flowering persistently by a bus stop--offering an intimate model of how we relate to the world around us and a beautifully diverse range of voices from across the United States.Joyful and provocative, wondrous and urgent, this singular collection of poems offers a lyrical reimagining of what \"nature\" and \"poetry\" are today, inviting readers to experience both anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ada Limón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571315687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAda Lim is the twenty-fourth U.S. Poet Laureate as well as the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Hurting Kind \u003c\/em\u003eand five other collections of poems. These include, most recently, \u003cem\u003eThe Carrying\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named a finalist for the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award, and \u003cem\u003eBright Dead Things\u003c\/em\u003e, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Lim is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Born and raised in California, she now lives in Lexington, Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45340252111062,"sku":"9781571315687","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_1efad9c7-fab5-4659-9259-f023415e3199.jpg?v=1713259118","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/you-are-here-poetry-in-the-natural-world-9781571315687","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}